Sunday, April 24, 2011
THE BELIZE TIMES
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Issue No. 4741
SUNDAY April 24, 2011
Cardona Wages War OW East supporters want Dean Barrow to “kneel” before Hon. Marcel
Hon. Marcel Cardona
Orange Walk District, April 19, 2011 A bye-election in the Orange Walk East may be looming, as its area representative Hon. Marcel Cardona, seems to be strategizing his final, special farewell gift for Prime Minister Dean Barrow and the UDP. A statement released by supporters of Hon. Marcel Cardona on Monday April 18th states that in solidarity with the maverick politician, they are renouncing membership and participation to the United Democratic Party. The supporters said they don’t want to be affiliated with the UDP; therefore, they would change the
Senior Citizen
brutally murdered
Victim was 84 yr. old brother of Rt. Hon. George Price!
Samuel Price
PUP LEADER TOURS BELLA VISTA See page 11
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Belize’s latest murder bore no relation to the regular gang style execution, nor does it have any semblance of revenge killing or the domestic dispute scenario. In fact, it happened in the least likely of categories, the elderly, if we are to go by trends. The victim, Samuel William Price, 84, was the younger brother of Father of the Nation and former Prime Continued on page 4
Hon. John Briceno greeting Belizeans in the Toledo East area
name of their group from the UDP-connected Orange Walk East Committee, to a new, nonpartisan organization: the Orange Walk East Upliftment Committee. The release says that the move
is a response to the effective expulsion forced on Cardona by the UDP. The group said it invites persons to fight “against the oppression and tyranny of our presContinued on page 4
SECRET BELIZE/ GUAT MEETING? Belize City, April 19, 2011 Not a word has been uttered by Belizean officials, neither in the Prime Minister’s office, the Ministry of Defense, nor Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding a meeting which was reportedly held between Belize’s and Guatemala’s security officials four days ago. The only notice of the
“high-level” meeting has come from a press release issued by the Mexican Embassy indicating that the April 15th encounter was chaired by Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa chaired. According to the release Continued on page 35
Who put the hit on Eric Chang? Belize City, April 15, 2011 Despite orders from the top that no one makes public the Customs’ raid of UDP Belize City Councillor, Eric Chang, the hairy Continued on page 35
Eric Chang
See page 15